State v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] mere assertion by police that an informant is reliable is insufficient to establish an informant's credibility.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 770 So. 2d 7 - State v. Young · 778 So. 2d 687 - State v. Boson

2. “Reasonable suspicion is a less demanding standard than probable cause not only in the sense that reasonable suspicion can be established with information that is different in quantity or content than that required to establish probable cause, but also in the sense that reasonable suspicion can arise from information that is less reliable than that required to show probable cause.... Reasonable suspicion, like probable cause, is dependent upon both the content of information possessed by police and its degree of reliability. Both factors-quantity and quality-are considered in the "totality of the circumstances-the whole picture"... that must be taken into account when evaluating whether there is reasonable suspicion. Thus, if a tip has a relatively low degree of reliability, more information will be required to establish the requisite quantum of suspicion than would be required if the tip were more reliable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 761 So. 2d 14 - State v. Rodriguez

3. “The police apparently had no knowledge or past experience with Alexander, nor does the evidence indicate that the police considered South Saratoga Street as an area of high crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Sterling